The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-07-01
letter.


| on 2 former occaSilIl TOOK st4Al3lsF aGltnAr
his authority i5r 81 daias &as questioned,
but then d now a national aesessity mast
make Tie law. Secretary Fairchilj, how
ever. states that Ghc interest vas not antie-
ipated On account al sny financial aFpre-
hensiou rs tire Government. bat as the
checks were made oa3.the sending 81 them
a few days before tlaa FIRST Of Jnly would
| cause no Inconvenience At tbs Department
and would tcnd to reassufe the public.
! party Of japanese officials and their
Interpreter have arrived in Washington,
sud viii remain q month or tso. Their
| purpose is Ia csrefail5 study tie workings
Of several brancae.. II aer Government,
clieay the subject Of finance The person
Of most importance III tie party Is a high
officer in tie financial department Of tie
japanese Governments. They haze takena
comfortable suite Of apartments in house
on the heights Of eoreetown.
Tie large pension paid 10 tie blind beg
/ gar af Elm5ra. \. y. turns cut 10 be a
bogus claim. Special agents Of tie pension
! Office have ALREADY succeeded in tracking
the parties who conepised % defFaud the
Government. aud ii tracing the money 50
tlat tie United States y III Iase but little OF
the original $i3.0e0. TIE old blind man
will also lose but little. as lie probably saw
but little of the none III the first place,
but lie may have 10 90 Ia the pcniicntisIy
Tor having been an ignorant t.el 81 the lot
Of sIlsrpeIs who got The ease through.
Undoubtedly he viii be more comfortable
in fhe penifeniiafy tiat us VAS On the
streets Begging with his dog.
There IS a growing belief here that an
extra session of Congress in octo-
Der IS an assured fact. Speaker Carlisle is
reported a. having sad that an extra ses-
sion 81 Congress is a necessity. But it IS
not safe Ia put much faith in reported say
ings 81 Speaker Carlisle, Is lie IS generally
very n~an-eonnmital.
4 ruinor was current lere on Saturday
that Secretary Endicott had rendered his
resignation on account Of tha battle flag
episode, hat at the White House the ru-
nlor was denied. Washington IS always
dar 0f minors even n lie daIlest season.
Sometimes 1lev Nature IN afeaf events
/ hut offeper fade into tim air.
Tie Secretaries Of lie local ei.l service
+ f.arl. p,.t the Civil Service ,mmissioner-
seeardin, f., agreement. in this CITY ON the
9Th lust. Several important questions
we're discussed. and several amendments
to existing rules recommended. or these.
| fbe one suneestina tie disroutinuancc Of
| tie fortv-fyc wear limitation as to the ace
Of CLERKS viii De almost universally en-
| 1orse5 bv the nublie. 2Iaet n9ep af. al the
height Of tIeii capacities at the are of
rorty.fye. Ii is Ia he holtd that this dis
cnssiau viii ,eenit in Tie beneficial result
Of septrstiaa tie c,,aT from tie wheat Of
civil service examinations. There IS M
donbtcdly much GOOD in the system. hut it
+ mot necessarv to waste too lnueb iime in
experiments. but to learn Tie lesson taught
by czperjenc, as quickly as rossible. and
cxc.ud. surh questions as lie following
ilnmsd lately. without further demonstra-
tom If tl.eir fnlly. "A man bought twenty
lead Pencils fnr four Goats. for one Pencil
he cave two cents. for tlfce lie gave a half
cent. and for one lie gave a quarter Of 4
cent. What did he give for the others ."
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